Journal of Experimental Medicine, Vol 166, 810-815, Copyright © 1987 by Rockefeller University Press

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Induction of c-ets and c-fos gene expression upon antigenic stimulation of a T cell hybridoma with inducible cytolytic capacity

Y Kaufmann, T Silverman, BZ Levi and K Ozato

Expression of cellular oncogenes was studied in a T cell hybridoma that undergoes cytolytic activation when stimulated by specific antigen or by anti-Thy-1 antibody. The activation occurs without induction of hybridoma proliferation, providing a model to examine oncogene expression during functional differentiation of lymphocytes. We found that c-fos and c-ets-1 mRNAs were transiently induced at high levels in the hybridoma 30 min and 4 h after stimulation, respectively. c-myc and c-ets-2 oncogenes were constitutively expressed in the hybridoma and their mRNA levels were unaffected during 4 h of stimulation, although c- myc expression was reduced in the later stage of stimulation. Inhibitors of T cell activation, cyclosporin A and anti-LFA-1 antibody, blocked the induction of c-fos and c-ets-1 mRNAs without reducing the levels of c-myc and c-ets-2. The results indicate that the functional activation of the CTL hybridoma is associated with induction of c-fos and c-ets-1 genes.
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